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Count Kathy Griffin and Stephen Colbert among the list of Grammy winners this year. Griffin, after six tries, picked up her first Grammy during the pre-televised portion of Sunday night's Grammy presentation for Best Comedy Album for Calm Down Gurrl. The comedienne couldn't help but insert the pop culture news of the day, while accepting her award.

Comedy Central funnyman Colbert was awarded the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. Comedic actor-turned-musician Steve Martin was also a winner for his collaboration with Edie Brickell on this year's Best American Roots Song - "Love Has Come For You." Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won a handful of awards during Grammy's pre-telecast including, Best Rap Album for The Heist and Best Rap Song for "Thrift Shop." Pre-tel Grammy presentation host Cyndi Lauper also picked an award for Best Musical Theater Album for her Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots.

Paul McCartney's Live Kisses won for Best Music Film; Justin Timberlake and Jay Z were honored with Best Music Video for "Suit & Tie"; Imagine Dragons earned Best Rock Performance honor for "Radioactive"; Black Sabbath's "God Is Dead?" was named Best Metal Performance. And hitmaker Pharrell Williams was named Producer of the Year Non-Classical.

Here is a partial list of winners from Grammy's Pre-Tel Ceremony:

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM "STEPPIN' OUT" - HERB ALPERT

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM "TO BE LOVED" - MICHAEL BUBLé

BEST REGGAE ALBUM "ZIGGY MARLEY IN CONCERT" - ZIGGY MARLEY

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM - TIE "SAVOR FLAMENCO" - THE GYPSY KINGS "LIVE: SINGING FOR PEACE AROUND THE WORLD - LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM "THROW A PENNY IN THE WISHING WELL" - JENNIFER GASOI

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM "AMERICA AGAIN: RE-BECOMING THE GREATNESS WE NEVER WEREN'T" - STEPHEN COLBERT